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Your Full Potential"
Debra Lake


“When we become aware that we do not have to escape our pains, but that we can mobilize them into a common search for life,
those very pains are transformed from expressions of despair
into signs of hope.”
Henri Nouwen

“God whispers to us in our pleasures, but He shouts to us in our pain. It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world”

C. S. Lewis.


"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, But in rising every time
we fall."
Confucius.


I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches.
If suffering alone taught,
all the world would be wise,
since everyone suffers.
To suffering must
be added mourning,
understanding, patience,
love, openness,
and a willingness to remain vulnerable.
~Anne Morrow Lindbergh


“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” --Albert Einstein


If you could kick the person responsible for most of your troubles, you would not be able to sit down for six months


Be the change you want to
see in the world.
~Mahatma Gandhi


Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead, where there is no path, and leave a trail....Ralph Waldo Emerson


"Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself. Our world is hungry for genuinely changed people" (Leo Tolstoy).


Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear...
an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring...
all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
~Leo Buscaglia


Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
Jesus of Nazareth


There is in all visible things...a hidden wholeness.
~Thomas Merton


We often fear being rejected so very much that we reject
ourselves first before anyone else has the chance. 
Anon



Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.
Audrey Hepburn



"To Embroden Yourself, Associate with Bold People."
Randy Gage


If I accept the sunshine
and warmth,
then I must also accept
the thunder and lightning.
-Kahlil Gibran


"I can do All things through
Christ which/who Strengthens/Empowers Me!"
Philippians 4:13




"Risk more than others think is safe.  Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical.  Expect more than others think is possible"




When the heart weeps for what it has lost, the spirit laughs for what it has found.
Sufi Proverb



"It is wise to take care of your body, it is the only home it's got."


It is not necessary to deny another's reality
in order to affirm your own.
~Anne Wilson Schaef



"Going to Church makes you a Christian
Just as much as going to
McDonald's
makes you a hamburger."




"Are you Working to Live or
Living to Work?"

"There are only two ways to live your life: one is as though nothing is a miracle;the other is as though everything is a miracle."
Albert Einstein



"If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life."

-- Billy Graham


Life is difficult.
This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths.
It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth,
we transend it.
Once we truly know that life is difficult -
once we truly understand and accept it -
then life is no longer difficult.
Because once it is accepted,
the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
~M Scott Peck











"Debt is a prison best left as soon as possible"
Randy Gage










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Debra@YourFullPotential.Org


"If you do not invest in You, Why should anyone else?"
Randy Gage


































How to Talk to God: The Prayer of Jesus

Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 11:1-4

 

Your Daily Prayer Guide: “CHRIST”

 

                   Prepare to Pray: Meditation—“Our Father Which Art in Heaven”

 

C                 Commune with God: Adoration—“Hallowed Be Thy Name”

H                Honor the King: Intercession—“Thy Kingdom Come”

R                 Radically Commit: Submission—“Thy Will Be Done”

I                  Invite God-Rescue: Supplication—“Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread”

S                 Savor the Savior's Grace: Confession—“Forgive Us Our Sins”

T                 Triumph over Temptation: Petition—“Lead Us Not Into Temptation”

 

                   Confidently Trust God: Glorification—“For Thine Is the Kingdom”

 

 

Learning How to Pray in Christ's School of Prayer

 

q  Prepare to Pray: Meditation—“Our Father Which Art in Heaven”

 

          1.         Meditate on the perfect fatherly character of God: Our Father in heaven.

            2.         Contemplate the nature of God’s fatherhood: Father of holy love.

            3.         Reflect on your Christian family: Our Father, not only my Father.

            4.         Enjoy Father's full attention and acceptance: Bask in His fatherly grace.

 

q  Commune with God: Adoration—“Hallowed Be Thy Name”

 

          1.         Praise God for Who He is: Worship, magnify, exalt, and glorify your heavenly Father.

            2.         Thank God for what He does: Express your gratitude for all His grace-gifts.

            3.         Pray that the whole world would be in awe of God: All the earth grasping, enjoying, and

                        exalting the character (name) of God.

            4.         Set apart God as the supreme desire of your heart: Let your daily mission statement be to                             exalt God by enjoying God.

 

q  Honor the King: Intercession—“Thy Kingdom Come”

 

          1.         Pray for a deepening of God’s rule in your heart: Surrender to God’s governance.

            2.         Pray for a widening of God's rule in all people’s hearts: Salvation.

            3.         Pray for a deepening of God’s rule on planet Earth: Christian living (make a difference).

            4.         Pray for the soon return of Christ: Second Coming.

            5.         Pray that you will live for God's kingdom and not for your own: Total allegiance.

q  Radically Commit: Submission—“Thy Will Be Done”

 

          1.         Pray for the right pleasure: That everything you do is motivated by the desire to bring                                               God pleasure.

            2.         Pray for calm assurance: That God’s glory and your good are inseparable, that Father’s

                        will is always good and best.

            3.         Pray for clear discernment: That you know God's will for your personal life, family,                                      church, work, community, country, and planet.

            4.         Pray for radical obedience: That God would grant you the courage to do His will.

            5.         Pray for supernatural power: That God would empower you to obey His will.

            6.         Pray with brutal honesty: That shares the desires of your heart, that shares any confusion,

                        doubts, and perplexity with your Father.

            7.         Pray with other-centered focus: That family, church, community, national, and world                                               leaders do God's will.

 

q  Invite God-Rescue: Supplication—“Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread”

 

          1.         Confess humbly (Give): Acknowledge your spiritual poverty, admitting that without God

                        you are and have nothing. Pray for the faith to believe that all you need is God and what

                        He       chooses to provide.

            2.         Asks unselfishly (Us, Our): Pray for others and for yourself.

            3.         Request wisely (This Day, Daily): Pray for today’s needs. Trust God for today’s supply. Ask                         God to give you nothing more and nothing less than exactly what you need and can handle.

            4.         Entreat practically (Bread): Pray for physical, material, emotional, mental, relational, and                             spiritual needs. Pray for freedom from worry as you trust God to supply your every need.

 

q  Savor the Savior’s Grace: Confession—“Forgive Us Our Sins As We Forgive Those Who Have Sinned Against Us”

 

            1.         Seek enlightenment: Specifically confess known sins and ask God to reveal hidden sins.

            2.         Repent humbly: Your debt is immeasurable; His grace is infinite.

            3.         Enjoy forgiveness: Claim God's forgiveness and acceptance.  Your slate is wiped clean!

            4.         Grant forgiveness: Forgive all those who have hurt you/sinned against you physically,                                                emotionally, mentally, relationally, and spiritually.

            5.         Seek reconciliation: Go to anyone who you have sinned against to restore the relationship.

 

q  Triumph over Temptation: Petition—“Lead Us Not Into Temptation, But Deliver Us From Evil”

 

          1.         Seek protection: Ask God to not allow Satan to even tempt you to sin.

            2.         Seek boundaries: Ask God to keep you from situations where you are most prone to sin—                            your besetting sins, areas of vulnerability, temptations, etc.

            3.         Seek victory: Ask God to defeat sin and Satan in your life.

            4.         Seek faith: Ask God to help you trust His awesome power as your only hope for triumph.

 

q  Confidently Trust God: Glorification—“For Thine Is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory Forever, Amen”

 

          1.         Trust God (For): Believe that since God is the Almighty, Eternal King that He can answer.

            2.         Glorify God (Thine): Pray that God will be glorified by your prayers.


Used by permission from Dr. Robert W. Kellemen, RPM Ministries, www.rpmministries.org.